Political Science

Using a combination of unique datasets, I turn the recent theories on political failure into testable propositions for how these processes unfold in the African context.

We analyze the significant increase in the residual vote rate in the 2016 presidential election.

In this study, we focus on how access to information empowers workers and pressures government and firms to improve labor conditions.

We propose and test a theory that media freedom determines the extent of economic voting in developing democracies.

We examine the role of administrative capacity on health outcomes in 36 African nations using the path dependence of being a British colony as the contextual variable.

Stata is today one of the two most popular statistics programs among political scientists.

Armando Guebuza won reelection by an overwhelming margin. FRELIMO gained further control of the parliament. RENAMO had only a small …

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